diff --git a/syslinux.spec b/syslinux.spec
index c9b369b..f42f9e0 100644
--- a/syslinux.spec
+++ b/syslinux.spec
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/sample
 install -m 644 sample/sample.* %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/sample/
 
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/syslinux
-install -m 644 ldlinux.bss %{buildroot}${_datadir}/syslinux
-install -m 644 ldlinux.sys %{buildroot}${_datadir}/syslinux
+install -m 644 ldlinux.bss %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/syslinux
+install -m 644 ldlinux.sys %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/syslinux
 
 # don't ship libsyslinux, at least, not for now
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/libsyslinux*